You Were Meant for Me

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"You Were Meant For Me"
Single by Jewel
From the album Pieces of You
Released November 12, 1996 (US)
Song Title You Were Meant For Me
Genre Folk/Rock
Length Radio Edit - 4.02
Label Atlantic Records 1996
Producer Atlantic

[edit] Song Information

You Were Meant for Me is a song from the album Pieces of You recorded by Jewel. It was the second single from that album and went on to receive a lot of recognition. It became a hit and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Jewel also holds the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest chart run of a single for "You Were Meant For Me (Radio Edit) /Foolish Games".

  • MTV Video Music Awards: Best Female Video - You Were Meant For Me (WON)
  • MTV Video Music Awards: Viewer's Choice - You Were Meant For Me (Nominated)
  • MTV Video Music Awards: Video of the Year - You Were Meant For Me (Nominated)

[edit] Single Information

You Were Meant For Me was Jewel's second single to be taken from her debut album. The single was altered from the album version and re-recorded for a more radio friendly version. A verse was deleted from the original lyrical liner. A commercial single of the song was available in the US (and internationally). The song is credited as either the, 'single edit', 'radio edit' or 'album edit'.

Two versions of You Were Meant For Me surfaced before its final release. Version One (aka The Sean Pean Radio Edit) was set for original release. Jewel had re-recorded the song, altered the majority of the lyrics and changed the sound almost 95% to a more rock version. However after the split of the two, Jewel went back into the studio, re-recorded the version that is most famous now, and created a new music video for the song. Steve Poltz, who cowrote the song with Jewel, also appeared in the video.

[edit] Other Notes

The song was re-recorded by Hong Kong singer, Fiona Sit, in April 2005. The album was a success, leading to the release of a 2nd edition but the song was never promoted as a major single and acted as more of a 'bonus track' of the album.

In 2004, it was re-recorded by the Irish group Bellefire for their sophomore album, Spin the Wheel. It was used as their third single but it failed to catch public attention and ended up a flop.

In 1929 another song of the same name was written by Arthur Freed with the music by Nacio Herb Brown. It became popular and was sung in the 1929 musical film The Broadway Melody.


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